DE69535469T2 - Mit ultraschallsignalen ausgestattetes tinnitus-maskiergerät - Google Patents

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DE69535469T2
DE69535469T2 DE69535469T DE69535469T DE69535469T2 DE 69535469 T2 DE69535469 T2 DE 69535469T2 DE 69535469 T DE69535469 T DE 69535469T DE 69535469 T DE69535469 T DE 69535469T DE 69535469 T2 DE69535469 T2 DE 69535469T2
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Arnold S. Tucson LIPPA
James A. Scottsdale NUNLEY
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/04—Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense
    • A61F11/045—Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense using mechanical stimulation of nerves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N7/00—Ultrasound therapy
    • A61N2007/0004—Applications of ultrasound therapy
    • A61N2007/0021—Neural system treatment
    • A61N2007/0026—Stimulation of nerve tissue

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DE69535469T 1994-06-23 1995-06-22 Mit ultraschallsignalen ausgestattetes tinnitus-maskiergerät Expired - Fee Related DE69535469T2 (de)

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US08/264,527 US6377693B1 (en) 1994-06-23 1994-06-23 Tinnitus masking using ultrasonic signals
PCT/US1995/007879 WO1996000051A1 (en) 1994-06-23 1995-06-22 Tinnitus masking using ultrasonic signals

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EP0766545B1 (en) 2007-04-18
CA2193478C (en) 2001-04-10
US6377693B1 (en) 2002-04-23
WO1996000051A1 (en) 1996-01-04
JPH10506294A (ja) 1998-06-23
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